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Top 10 Reasons to Switch

THE ALTERNATIVE TOP 10 1. 100% Virus-Free, 2. Spyware Proof, 3. No Trojan Horses,

4. Zero Worms, 5. Hacker Resistant, 6. Faster Internet, 7. MS Proprietary Driver Conflicts Gone!, 8. Best Free Software

9. Best Commercial Software and 10. Easiest path to Open Source software.

Update 1: Macs are becoming Intel machines as we speak.

Update 2: Looks like the alternative top 10 is becoming the alternative top 8 (specifically, item no. 3 & 4)

Update 3: As of this posting date, Macs are still 100% Virus-Free.

Feb 2006 has 28 days. Guess how many days are in the rest of the months?

• Revelry on Bourbon Street

Mardi Gras comes to New Orleans six months after Katrina

Mardi Gras Galveston 2006

Wait a minute...They're not plotting to make Texas the place to go for Marti Gras, are they?

Super Mario Bros Tricks

Guest PC

The iMac G5 raised the question, "Where did my screen go?"

Now the iMac intel Core Duo raises the question, "Where did my PC go?"

Backspace TV.

"With all the same television channels, movies, and music available from your current provider..."

iTunes: 1 Billion Served


Apple's iTunes digital music service celebrated the downloading of its 1
billionth song last night. The winner will receive a prize package that includes a
new 20-inch iMac, 10 60GB iPods and a $10,000 iTunes music card. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Check out the ABC News video, it confirms that iTunes saved the Music industry.

No, check out the Apple iTunes download counter.

Better yet, you should have checked out the iTunes Music Store, you could hove won 10,000 downloads.

Alright, already, just read the story:

Someone should give iPods to Downtown Brantford's silhouette people.

Torino 2006 - The Olympic Games

It's now your turn to play - click here.

In a related story: Can Sasha Cohen Save the Olympics?

Answer: Did the iPod save Apple?

Actually, it was the iMac (The Gold Standard of PCs) that saved Apple, the iPod (which was sliver lined) came in second.

Yeah! iPod saved the accessories industry, but it was iTunes that saved the Music industry.

Question: Was that not an iPod Video that Sasha was seen entering and working out with?

Does anybody have any digital photos of Sasha and her iPod?

Watch Silent Hill in Hi-Def

The Mayor isn't the only one interested in the revitalization of Brantford's downtown.

Shhh! Be careful of what you say around Brantford's new iPod silhouette population.

Someone, please send me digital photos of downtown Brantford during the filming of Silent Hill!

Macspotters: Notice the PowerBook G4 used in this film... PowerBook G4 17" is still the best way to watch or make movies.

Night Time Classics

What do you get when you cross a dove calming night with a desparate housewife?

-Thanks Kaela for this submission, pretty cool.

Microsoft blunder leaks information about Vista

AOL to Charge Same for Dial-Up, Broadband

No, it's lower broadband cost, it's higher dial-up cost.

ACLU Pizza

The magic of WIN-TEL (Unauthorized Remote Access + Serial Auto-Tracking)

Didn't "Legally Blonde" use ACLU for their UCLA campus movie location set?

- Thanks agin to Gerald E. Picard (See LINKS: OCTOBER 2005 page) for another great submission.

Time, as they say, is money--so how much is your time worth?

Jim Balsillie (RIM): Can he win patent game?

I.B.M. Researchers Find a Way to Keep Moore's Law on Pace

I'll bet they'll find more...double or nothing.

Apple Computer Inc. Uses Poetry to Send Message to Hackers

"Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined/his existing OS was so blind/

he'd do better to pirate/an OS that ran great/but found his hardware declined./

Please don't steal Mac OS!/Really, that's way uncool./(C) Apple Computer, Inc."

"I want them hunted down and killed."


"We managed to eradicate almost all of them"
"Those who survived extinction started fighting back"

In a related hunting story 1: Harris denies using slur during Ipperwash meeting

In a related managment story 2: Historical background of the Ipperwash land claims

In a related survival story 3: Mike Harris denies making unilateral decisions

In a related story 4: Harris proves elusive at Ipperwash inquiry

Look again, you can see it in his eyes.

Girl, 9, in court for road accident

"A nine-year-old girl faces a trial for causing an accident after she was knocked over by a car..."

"...It shows them what they did wrong and prevents them from being involved in accidents in the future."

In a related Story: No charges will be laid against Cheney, says Sheriff's Dept.

Once again...

I loved watching the nominees on the big screen of the cinema. In these busy times., I prefer watching Quicktime movies on the big Apple Cinema HD Display screen.

VERY COOOL!

"Today we live in two worlds" - Cayuga Chief Jacob Thomas, 1992

- Thanks again to Gerald E. Picard (See LINKS: OCTOBER 2005 page) for another great submission.

Finally, something to explain the difference between a multi-dimensional circular language and a linear language.

No, finally something to explain the difference between the G.U.I. and DOS.

You have to admit the guy has got balls.

Let Dark Chocolate Be Your Valentine

Yet, another gift from "The New World" to the modern world.

Q: "How come you Indians are always singing about rain all the time?"

A:" Rain makes food grow, gives life. There's not enough rain in the desert here, so we sing for rain every chance we get.

...I hear in your world, you're always singing about love."

Harris to take stand Feb. 14 on Ipperwash

"I'D BE FRIENDS WITH THE SPARROWS AND THE BOY WHO SHOOTS THE ARROWS"

Is it coincidence that Mike Harris looks and sounds like the Tin Man?

Okay, the choices are "Hot Date" or "Court Date".

Is the London Free Press really free?

Finding love online 'not that easy' says expert

Of course, appearing on Canada AM the day before Valentines Day makes it easier.

MS-NBC: The most expensive lingerie
"Forget normal Valentine's Day fare ... give the gift of romance"

Windows Media® Components for QuickTime

With Windows Media® for QuickTime, by Flip4Mac™, you can play

Windows Media files (.wma and .wmv) directly in QuickTime Player

and view Windows Media content on the Internet using a Web browser.

"...You will be asked for an administrator name and password during the installation. "

Wannabe's... all of you!

Ipperwash Inquiry: Looking into the death of Dudley George

The Harris governments warns that this story contains one word that may be offensive to some readers.

What took place next is offensive to the rest of us.

Users Of New Google Tool Must Sacrifice Privacy

A simple list of free open-source software for Mac OS X

- Thanks to Gerald E. Picard (See LINKS: OCTOBER 2005 page) for this great submission.

WARNING! MS Proprietary software addicts may experience the feeling that the world is crumbling beneath them.

Apple/Macintosh News

- Thanks for the humorous submission.

Microsoft to unveil paid security service

"A new security service from Microsoft Corp. will charge users $49.95 per year

to better protect its Windows operating system from spyware, viruses and other Internet attacks."

..."Shares of Microsoft fell 23 cents to close at $26.94 in trading Tuesday on the Nasdaq Stock Market."

In an unrelated rags to riches story: Make millions creating a faulty product - Make billions fixing it. Nice!

Paper alleges Gretzky subject to wiretaps, wife bet

"The sources said there is no evidence Gretzky made any bets"

Attacking a good man right after a family loss - it's beginning to sound The States ...Oh, yeah!... it is The States.

48th GRAMMYs

In a related story: Carey, West, Clarkson win Grammys

At first I loved watching it. Next, I loved working it. Afer, I loved it's parties. Now I'm happy if I get to watch it.

Hey, Kenny, tell Kayne West he's welcomed to stop in an check out a cool, log cabin iPod store in Six Na.

Arcadia

"This game is quite a bit different than anything you may have experienced before."

Diner Dash

"...get ready to keep the paying customers happy."

Hotel Solitaire Deluxe

One for the thumb for Steelers

"...the phrase coined after the Steelers won four National Football League

championship rings in a six-season period from 1975 to 1980"

Apple's 1984 Commercial

"Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion."

Make no mistake - Every SuperBowl advertiser is a Mac Wannabe.

AOL Sports: Best SuperBowl Commercials 2006

I clicked on this right after the pre-game show and again at 6pm.

But, the videos weren't up yet. Sorry, guess I got ahead of myself again.

In a related link: SUPERBOWL-ADS.COM

I liked the Full Throttle ad... Are you listening to me?

Army Teaches Troops How to Pick a Spouse

The iMac Gets a Brain Transplant

"This column was written in Word on the Intel iMac,

and there were no glitches or hitches or hang-ups of any kind."

BitTorrent Client Shootout

"I've found the official BitTorrent client for the Mac to be much faster and more responsive than Azureus."

Hmm. Half a dozen clients for Mac/Unix and growing. However, I still prefer the iTunes movie downloads.

Tiny Apple has oversized influence

"The company continues to set bold new standards for the PC and consumer electronics industries."

Kama Sutra computer virus strikes Friday [Feb 3rd]

Yes, that's one of many of PC PowerBook lookalikes on the market, but only the Apple PowerBook is Virus-Free!

In a related story: Computer virus fells Russian stock exchange

Like I said, Reason No. 1: 100% Virus-Free!

Feb 2006: "iC SuperCOMPUTERS" gaining momentum.

Lycos.com: All 10 of the top 10 plus 16 of top 20 out of 7,640

(i.e., The Entire 1st pg & Most of the 2nd pg.)

Lycos is my new best friend

Google.ca: The first 6 postions of the top 10 out of 77,200
Yahoo.ca: 3 of the top 10 (including the first 2 positions) out of 51,100
Sympatico.MSN.ca: 4 of the top10 (inc. first 3) out of 11,152
MSN.com: 5 of the top 10 (incl. first 4) out of 10,753
TwinGine.com: 6 of the top ten + 2 of the top ten

Webcrawler.com: 11 of the top 20 out of 76
LookSmart.com: Unable to contact LookSmart today.

Tomorrow's Headlines Tonight!

See the future...Wow! This really works. Now pass this on to 10 of your best friends.

Free downloads: Stuffit Expander and Flash 7 Player
This is essential for downloading some of the games that are linked down below.

Monthly Section: The Top Digital Media

1. iTunes, 2. LimeWire, 3. Acquistion, 4. Quicktime HD, 5. Windows Media Player, 6. Internet Explorer, 7. Adobe CS2

8. MSN 9. Mercury 10. iPodRip 11. Fire 12. Solitaire 13. aMSN

14.Free IPod Content 15.HandBrake 16. Finale PrintMusic 17. MacMAME 18. Toy Sight 19. GameRanger 20. POGO

21. Tiger Woods PGA Tour 22. Nanosuar 23. other PangeaSoft Games

24. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos 25 The Frozen Throne 26. Doom 3 27. Unreal Tournament '04

28. games for pre-schoolers 29. iTube for Internet TV

30. Free Office

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